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the transportation secretary says the obama administration will suspend the popular program unless the senate agrees to another 2 billion dollars in funding. what are the odds of that happening? we've got a live report coming up later in the show. it's not the typical vacation you and i get. instead of a break from their bosses, and they're returning home, to get them. yeah, members of congress expecting to get an earful from their constituents this august recess, especially on health care and we've got some of the first footage that shows just how bad it could get for some lawmakers. caroline shively in live in washington with more. hi, caroline. >> hi to you, julie. a top senator and cabinet member got an earful from voters at a town hall. one of the first of many town halls across the country. listen to one woman talk to go health and human services security kathleen sebelius and arlen specter today in philadelphia. >> i look at this health care plan, i see nothing that's about health and about care, what i see-- what i see is a bureaucratic nightmare, senator. medicaid is broke, me
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we'll have the second 100 days of the obama administration been days of change or frustration? cast your vote at cnn.com/reportcard, and get the results at thursday night. >>> the man who allegedly sparked a bomb scare has been ordered to undergo a psychiatric examination. police say scott mcgann was arrested with a backpack karen wires, batteries and a trigger attached to it. it sparked suspicion and led to a large-scale evacuation. laguardia was shut down and thousands of passengers had their travel plans disrupted. he's charged with place ago falls bomb in a mass transcription facility. >>> still ahead, it is a box that contains a gift of democracy, why landering, pank andive hold the future for afghanistan. >>> and was it a hate crime? >>> and later, you know it's hot and dry outside when people are praying for rain. jacqui jeras tells us about her hot trip to texas. >>> it has been a deadly weekend of fighting in afghanistan. three american troops were killed today. in july, 75 troops were killed in afghanistan, the deadliest month for international troops since the u.s.-l
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the obama administration, some of his top economic advisers say the economy's no longer on the brink of collapse but we're not out of the woods yet. i'll have more after the break. i've been growing algae for 35 years. most people try to get rid of algae, and we're trying to grow it. the algae are very beautiful. they come in blue or red, golden, green. algae could be converted into biofuels... that we could someday run our cars on. in using algae to form biofuels, we're not competing with the food supply. and they absorb co2, so they help solve the greenhouse problem, as well. we're making a big commitment to finding out... just how much algae can help to meet... the fuel demands of the world. >>> live pictures right now, president obama returning from a weekend at camp david, now just stepping off marine one and there on the white house lawn. we're going to be joining kate bolduan in a moment there at the white house to give us an idea of exactly what is on tap for the president this week. we know he'll be heading off to indiana to continue to push health care reform, but what else
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the obama administration is no warning the popular cash for clunkers program lightly scrapped without some quick cash. >>> and felony franks. the new controversial hot dog stands staffed by ex-cons, giving them a second chance. they say the food's so good it's criminal. captions paid for by abc, inc. remain in custody in iran. they were hiking in a region the statdepartment has long warned as perilous, recommending against all but essential travel, saying iraq remains dangerous and unpredictable. tonight, those three americans are get a painful lesson in just how unpredictable. they're being held somewhere in iran. tonight, efforts to get word from iranian authorities are not going well. here's our senior foreign t correspondent jim sciutto. >> reporter: these are the three americans now prisoners in iran. shayne bauer from minnesota based in the middle east as a freelance journalist. sarah shor also based in the middle east as a writer and teacher. and joshua foto, an thvironmental worker in oregon. ee left this hotel ith iraqi city of salammaniyah hiking. a fourth american who staye
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so, what can we expect from the obama administration on health care this week? cnn's senior bill cal analyst bill shnider is in washington with that plus a look at exactly how this week just might play out in part. so let's talk first, bill. the white house as well as capitol hill have to identify certain people they have got to persuade on health care. how do they know who they need to sell this plan to? >> reporter: there are a lot of democrats in the house of representatives and some of the senate who are new, who come from districts that used to -- or states that used to elect republicans and those are the really targets of all the lobbying effort. you might think august is a time when everyone takes off, especially from politics, but no. this august is going to be the focus of a ferocious lobbying campaign targeted at precisely those swing democrats who have been a little reluctant to climb on board the president's health care plan. the democratic lobbying groups that -- the liberal lobbying groups trying to persuade them, they have to vote for this or else
so, what can we expect from the obama administration on health care this week? cnn's senior bill cal analyst bill shnider is in washington with that plus a look at exactly how this week just might play out in part. so let's talk first, bill. the white house as well as capitol hill have to identify certain people they have got to persuade on health care. how do they know who they need to sell this plan to? >> reporter: there are a lot of democrats in the house of representatives and some...
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what's the strategy we'll see next from the obama administration? >> well, what we're learning from the administration and we're starting to see bits and pieces of it already is much more of a focus on what will improve, presumably, for the 180 million americans who already have health insurance. we know that most of those people are middle class, voting americans. they're a very important constituency, they're a constituency that right now are very nervous about the impact of these changes. you hear much more about the discussion of the proposed changes that affect how the insurance market operates. when we hear people complain about denied coverage because they have a pre-existing condition or they see their premiums double and triple every year because of some sort of illness or because they reach a certain age, the changes that are being proposed by obama and democrats in the congress would very much address those sorts of insurance problems. >> what about, as you also say the democratic legislators' concern they're losing the message war. if th
what's the strategy we'll see next from the obama administration? >> well, what we're learning from the administration and we're starting to see bits and pieces of it already is much more of a focus on what will improve, presumably, for the 180 million americans who already have health insurance. we know that most of those people are middle class, voting americans. they're a very important constituency, they're a constituency that right now are very nervous about the impact of these...
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what about the second 100 days of the obama administration? let your voice be heard. cast your vote at cnn.com/reportcard and get the results on cnn's national report card thursday night 8:00 p.m. answer. >>> answers for the navy captain michael scott speicher. he was the first to be shot down in 1991 when his jet fighter was hit on the first night of the war. his remains were never found until last month, an iraqi civilian told u.s. marines in anbar province that speicher's body was buried at the crash site and excavation turned up bones that were positively identified as speicher's, for friends and family, who had been trying to learn his fate for 18 years, their long search has come to an end. >> it's a bittersweet ending. i mean it's great that we have finally accomplished an ending but it is bittersweet. on that end if he was found alive look what he's missed. his children are in college and what kind of life would he have led being a prisoner of war and there was always speculation he was tortured and beaten and you know, so it's, like i said, bittersweet. >> a
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how is the obama administration doing on the economy. oh, that's the biggest news of the morning. an a plus. >> a teaser. >> no question, a "b." it's about the american people and the middle class and main street. and until they can recover. not just the banks, not just the corporations. it's middle class american. >> all right, a "b" and an incomplete. and you'll have a chance to grade the commander in chief. go online and do it yourself and stick around. "state of the union" will return after the break. to stay on top of my game after 50, i switched to a complete multivitamin with more. only one a day men's 50+ advantage... has gingko for memory and concentration. plus support for heart health. that's a great call. one a day men's. it's the chevy open house. and now, with the cash for clunkers program, a great deal gets even better. let us recycle your older vehicle, and you could qualify for an additional $3500 or $4500 cash back... on top of all other offers.. on a new, more fuel efficient chevy. your chevy dealer has more eligible models to choose from - more than ford, toyot
how is the obama administration doing on the economy. oh, that's the biggest news of the morning. an a plus. >> a teaser. >> no question, a "b." it's about the american people and the middle class and main street. and until they can recover. not just the banks, not just the corporations. it's middle class american. >> all right, a "b" and an incomplete. and you'll have a chance to grade the commander in chief. go online and do it yourself and stick around....
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the obama administration meanwhile said it wants to see signs of change before it starts talking to cuba. >>> checking your forecast on this first sunday in august. for folks on the east coast, a little stormy. reynolds wolf for all the details. >> you're absolutely right. it's the eastern seaboard under the bull's eye. chance of severe storms mainly large hail and perhaps places like philadelphia, maybe over into new york before the day is over. and as we get to the afternoon hours, could be anywhere from nation's capital as far south as charleston. meanwhile back to the west and midwest could see reports in parts of south dakota and into portions of southern minnesota benefactor day is out. when you get to the west coast things are pretty quiet. plenty of heat. mainly in seattle where high temperatures well above normal going to 80 degrees. we're going to have a heat advisory for parts of oregon and washington for 9:00 this evening. pretty much what you'd expect in las vegas. phoenix high in triple digits, 98 in houston, 95 dallas. expect raindrops possible in portions of texas back in
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. >> what do you think of the obama administration and its strategy towards afghanistan? is it an improvement on the bush years? >> there is a very good team from the president himself to general jones at the national security council, secretary clinton and ambassador i eikenberry. this is a team of stability. i think the team of afghanistan, the act of courage and determination, we need to help them gain credible momentum so his commitment can be appreciated and the american public can be persuaded that the commitment was wise, timely and effective. >> ashraf ghani, we thank you very much for taking the time in the midst of a campaign and sitting there in a tent in afghanistan for joining us. thank you. >> it's a pleasure to be with you, and it's an honor. >> i think the previous administration are sort of having a blind date with bush and karzai. so what do you think? i think i'll go with the basic package. good choice. only meineke lets you choose the brake service that's right for you. and save 50% on pads and shoes. meineke. >>> now we have abdullah abdullah. he was
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. >> what do you think of the obama administration and its strategy towards afghanistan? is it an improvement on the bush years? >> there is a very good team from the president himself to general jones at the national security council, secretary clinton, ambassador holbrooke and ambassador eikenberry. this is a team of stability. i think the team of afghanistan, really is an act of courage and determination. we in afghanistan and the region need to help him gain credible momentum so that his commitment can be appreciated and that the american public can be persuaded that the commitment was wise, timely and effective. >> ashraf ghani, we thank you very much for taking the time from the midst of a campaign and sitting there in a reed tent in afghanistan for joining us. thank you. >> it's a pleasure to be with you, and it's an honor. >> i think the previous administration in the united states are sort of having a blind date with bush and karzai. ( car door closes ) ooooch! hot seat! hot! hot! hot! time to check your air conditioning? come to meineke now and get a free ac sys
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can grade the obama administration on the economy and much more. cnn has just opened the voting booth for the second national report card, go to cnn.com/reportcard, make your voice heard. the results will be revealed on a cnn special program thursday night on at 8:00 p.m. eastern. i've helped somebody. you know, it makes me feel pretty good. we're offering a solution for a customer that maybe has to choose between paying their credit card or putting food on the table and that's why they call us. our main objective is to reach out to the customers that are falling behind on their payments. a lot of customers are proud and happy that bank of america actually has a solution to help them out with their cards. i listen. that's the first thing i do is listen. you know what, what happened? what put you in this situation? and everyone's situation is different. we always want to make sure that we're doing what's best for our cardholders. i'll go through some of his monthly expenses, if he has a mortgage payment, if he pays rent. and then i'll use all that i
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>> i give a lot of credit to the obama administration -- >> surprise. >> and the bush administration. >> i am shocked. >> both administrations did on popular, costly, awful things, and we will see the nasty repercussions of that, such as the bonuses we gave -- there was a story about 5000 of the people in the big financial institutions got bonuses of over $1 million or something like that. >> they earned every penny. >> it is enough to make you -- but we -- there is a very good chance that we would be in a deep depression if they had not done this. >> because we are seeing from the shrinkage of the economy that inventories down in businesses, and they will have to start acquiring and at manufacturing pick up over the next six months. charles is right that we will have a lag in employment, and you'll see structural change in employment, like the auto industry. >> we passed reform and real regulation of the financial institutions. >> once again, walstreet is ahead of the curve. >> here we go. >> nine of the firms got $175 billion in tarp funds. more than $1 million, as nina pointed out,
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but folks across the country continue to complain that the obama administration's making home affordable loan modification plan is not gaining enough traction. now, the treasury department talked to mortgage firms saying it's time to pick up the pace. here to discuss this is the john taylor, the president and ceo of the national community reinvestment coalition. welcome, john. >> hey, gerri. nice to see you. >> i want to show you and our viewers some numbers here. it really describes what's going on. you see the pace of foreclosures starts higher and higher, and then the pace of loan mods not keeping track at all with foreclosures. what's going on here? why isn't the president's plan getting more traction? >> well, for one, it's really dependent -- it's a voluntary system dependent upon these services who manage these loans, so banks and investors, to voluntarily come in and participate in the program. that's been slow to come. it was slow to come under the bush administration and it's slow to come under this administration. >> why don't they want to -- why don't they want to help? i mea
but folks across the country continue to complain that the obama administration's making home affordable loan modification plan is not gaining enough traction. now, the treasury department talked to mortgage firms saying it's time to pick up the pace. here to discuss this is the john taylor, the president and ceo of the national community reinvestment coalition. welcome, john. >> hey, gerri. nice to see you. >> i want to show you and our viewers some numbers here. it really...
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benefits for millions of americans who still can't find jobs. >>> meantime the obama administration says it will suspend the cash for clunkers program unless the senate provides some $2 billion more for the plan. that's according to the transportation secretary today. the current $1 billion pool could be exhausted by the end of the weekend. the house approved then additional $2 billion on friday. some republican senators are questioning the government's role in providing incentives for auto sales. >>> strong winds fanned intense forest fighters in the spanish canary islands. 50 homes have been destroyed. 5000 acres charred. thousands of residents have been forced to flee. investigators say several fires started almost at the same time. they are looking into whether the fires could have been man made. >>> modesto, california. a fire destroyed a strip mall. arson is found to be the cause. >> our next step is to continue what we are doing. hitting the hot spots when the investigator arrives and meet and determine a plan of action for bringing it to a close. i'm estimating at this time that
benefits for millions of americans who still can't find jobs. >>> meantime the obama administration says it will suspend the cash for clunkers program unless the senate provides some $2 billion more for the plan. that's according to the transportation secretary today. the current $1 billion pool could be exhausted by the end of the weekend. the house approved then additional $2 billion on friday. some republican senators are questioning the government's role in providing incentives for...
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as a former lawmaker and somebody who is a part of the team on president obama's administration, we have to agree with the law. >> there are efforts to amend the law to amend that. i assume that had the administration signaled its support the law could have been changed. >> there was not much activity along those lines. i heard some members of congress talk about changing the law, but not really. there's not much support for doing that. >> changing subjects, there has been a lot of concern about texting and driving. there are quartered democrats who would like to push states to ban texting and driving, with holding 25% of the funds. what is your position and? >> i am 4 -- i am for dilemma nadin -- eliminating that. my home is in peoria. we kept my home there even though i am working full time here. when i was home a couple of months ago on a weekend there was a story in our local newspaper about a young girl, 16 years old, who ran off the road texting and was killed. we can save lives by saying no more. we should not allow that. our department will be announcing on tuesday a meeting that
as a former lawmaker and somebody who is a part of the team on president obama's administration, we have to agree with the law. >> there are efforts to amend the law to amend that. i assume that had the administration signaled its support the law could have been changed. >> there was not much activity along those lines. i heard some members of congress talk about changing the law, but not really. there's not much support for doing that. >> changing subjects, there has been a...
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administration or the congress or thessssssssss or our business, the news business, really has taken this apart to say, look, this is where the costs are. this is where they can be cut. >> and the part i don't understand, i mean, you know, i long when i heard politicians say we can get this done by cutting waste, fraud and abuse, ese warnings that we are getting on sneak up on us, first indication is when the police start to look so young. then the daughter announces she is sharing the same school auction that her mom once chaired, where did the years go one day at the pentagon i realized that somehow or other i had gotten older than the generals. and the other day it occurred to he that i was easily old enough to be the president's father. but it was when he invited that cop and the harvard scholar to drop by for a beer it really hit me. you see, i can remember when a politician holding a drink, ran for cover when he saw someone with a camera. i have actually chased one or two of them myself, how the president invite the cameras in to record such a thing. don't get me wrong. i taugh
administration or the congress or thessssssssss or our business, the news business, really has taken this apart to say, look, this is where the costs are. this is where they can be cut. >> and the part i don't understand, i mean, you know, i long when i heard politicians say we can get this done by cutting waste, fraud and abuse, ese warnings that we are getting on sneak up on us, first indication is when the police start to look so young. then the daughter announces she is sharing the...
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. >>> back in this country now, the obama administration is feeling increasingly bullish about the future of the american economy. but he's also now beginning to speak candidly about what all this is costing the country and now we're going to pay the bills. mike viqueira joins me from the white house. hi, mike. >> good evening, lester. the theed administration continues tout the good news. this morning a top administration official refused to rule out a tax hike to help to cover it. the president today returning to washington from an overnight at camp david. after sending his top aides out across the air waves this morning, touting the latest economic numbers. >> we're certainly starting to see a turnaround. >> reporter: and crediting the stimulus package. >> we're only five months into the program. we absolutely do feel it is working. >> reporter: even though many outside the administration share a sense of optimism about the economy. >> i'm pretty sure we've already seen the bottom. >> reporter: both a matter of policy and politics, officials are being careful to rein in public expectat
. >>> back in this country now, the obama administration is feeling increasingly bullish about the future of the american economy. but he's also now beginning to speak candidly about what all this is costing the country and now we're going to pay the bills. mike viqueira joins me from the white house. hi, mike. >> good evening, lester. the theed administration continues tout the good news. this morning a top administration official refused to rule out a tax hike to help to cover...
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administration or can they do to try to get them out. >> apparently, according to press reports we have asked our protecting powers, called, the swiss embassy in tehran to look into this and try and get access to the americans and see what we can do to get them out, i think as we have seen, recently, from the sybari situation, and the merge journalist who was held there, really the case of iran going all the way to the 1979 embassy seizure, when hostages, american hostages were held for over 400 days, this regime in tehran is capable of using even the most innocent people to its own purposes and let's not forget in the case of north korea, those two young american journalists have now been held close to 5 months and, again, i think this is extremely serious, we ought to be pressing the iranians, to let them go, regardless of the negotiations on the nuclear front, or the internal situation, in iran, if these were simply hikers, who made a mistake, slap their wrist and let them go. >> eric: they'll probably say or could say, the hikers, roxana saberi, this journalist, they called her a sp
administration or can they do to try to get them out. >> apparently, according to press reports we have asked our protecting powers, called, the swiss embassy in tehran to look into this and try and get access to the americans and see what we can do to get them out, i think as we have seen, recently, from the sybari situation, and the merge journalist who was held there, really the case of iran going all the way to the 1979 embassy seizure, when hostages, american hostages were held for...
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at stake is $13 billion in stimulus funds that the obama administration is allocating to upgrading existing raillines and built new ones that will one day rival europe's, so think what is happening, spain and other european countries are hoping to get u.s. taxpayer funding for high-speed rail and related infrastructure, at the very same time washington is busy dismantling lead are sectors of u.s. industry and ruining the lives of workers and communities, who could easily do it themselves. it's pretty hard to conjure up a more damning indictment of the economic system that's been constructed by state corporate managers. surely the auto industry could be reconstructed to produce what the country needs using its highly skilled work force. [applause] >> but that's not even on the agenda. it's not even being discussed. rather, we go to spain and we will give them taxpayer money for them to do what we steroid the capacity to do it here. it's been done before. during world war ii, kind of a semi-command economy, government-organized economy, the whole -- that's what happened. the industry was reco
at stake is $13 billion in stimulus funds that the obama administration is allocating to upgrading existing raillines and built new ones that will one day rival europe's, so think what is happening, spain and other european countries are hoping to get u.s. taxpayer funding for high-speed rail and related infrastructure, at the very same time washington is busy dismantling lead are sectors of u.s. industry and ruining the lives of workers and communities, who could easily do it themselves. it's...
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administration or the congress or the public or our business, the news business, really has taken this apart to say, look, this is where the costs are. this is where they can be cut. >> and the part i don't understand, i mean, you know, i have been around washington so long when i heard politicians say we can get this done by cutting waste, fraud and abuse, somehow, waste, fraud and abuse it never appears to winds up being must have of it to pay the bills. now are they going the pay for this thing? >> well, they can point to models, the mayo clinic, the cleveland clinic that really do an efficient job the problem is that anybody who follows public policy knows there is a big difference between finding an island of excellence and building a marble system built on it, that is two different things, what you need to do is look at those who have proven themselves to be pretty good economists about all of this, the people in the congressional budget office, very impressive organization and what they have pound for the house bill after this is all implement many healthcare costs will be risin
administration or the congress or the public or our business, the news business, really has taken this apart to say, look, this is where the costs are. this is where they can be cut. >> and the part i don't understand, i mean, you know, i have been around washington so long when i heard politicians say we can get this done by cutting waste, fraud and abuse, somehow, waste, fraud and abuse it never appears to winds up being must have of it to pay the bills. now are they going the pay for...
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. >> making headlines this morning, there's word the obama administration is looking to create a courtroom in the u.s. to house suspected terrorists. the site chosen would hold the 229 suspects being held it is a guantanamo bay prison. >>> a bomb square at la guardia airport closed down the airport for hours. police say a 32-year-old homeless man entered the building with a fake bomb in a bag, then acted like he was trying to detonate . >>> general motors and ford are reporting july sales. the numbers are expected to be over the top thanks to the cash for clunkers program. hillary clinton is off for africa for a seven-nation tour. >>> prices are low. the government is offering first-time homebuyers eight grand. sounds like the perfect time to buy, but there is a change in the process that could make getting that loan for difficult. plus, desperate and looking for fast cash, some folks turn to on-lie pay-day loans. we're uncovering some of the outrageous interest rates. >>> the cash for clunkers program could soon be getting a refill. the house gave a thumbs up for an extra $2 billi
. >> making headlines this morning, there's word the obama administration is looking to create a courtroom in the u.s. to house suspected terrorists. the site chosen would hold the 229 suspects being held it is a guantanamo bay prison. >>> a bomb square at la guardia airport closed down the airport for hours. police say a 32-year-old homeless man entered the building with a fake bomb in a bag, then acted like he was trying to detonate . >>> general motors and ford are...
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economic plan. >>> and starting now, you can grade the obama administration on the economy and much more. cnn has just opened the voting booth for the second national report card, go to cnn.com/reportcard, make your voice heard. the results will be revealed on a cnn special program thursday night on at 8:00 p.m. eastern. feels kind of like knives. aleve works all day on my back pain. only two aleve liquid gels can stop pain all day. that would take twice as many advil or ibuprofen. aleve allows me to get through my work day. or 100 pringles. both cost the same, but only the new pringles super stack can makes everything pop. same cost, but a lot more fun. everything pops with the new pringles super stack can. >>> in the second part of john king's exclusive interview with john mccain, some straight talk on the stimulus plan. president obama's first supreme court nomination, and the increasing u.s. presence in afghanistan. >> you talked about this a little bit, but you came on the program less than a month into the new administration, and i asked you about the stimulus vote and you sai
economic plan. >>> and starting now, you can grade the obama administration on the economy and much more. cnn has just opened the voting booth for the second national report card, go to cnn.com/reportcard, make your voice heard. the results will be revealed on a cnn special program thursday night on at 8:00 p.m. eastern. feels kind of like knives. aleve works all day on my back pain. only two aleve liquid gels can stop pain all day. that would take twice as many advil or ibuprofen....
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. >>> six months after taking office the obama administration has its hands full, tackling everything from the war in afghanistan to healthcare reform back here in the u.s. joining us is republican strategist michelle and democratic strategist bill alessi. let me start with you, what is he getting right? >> i think he is doing a lot of things right right now. when took office he inherited an economic situation that was probably worse than a lot of people thought it was. and i think he has done on the domestic front really helped set the tone and take some pretty bold and progressive action that would start to turn the economy around wand we are start -- and we are starting to see the beginning of a recovery. on the foreign policy side, i think he has done one of the most important things which is help america be seen positively by the rest of the world and help restore our standing overseas. taken steps to get a new plan to get us out of afghanistan and out of iraq but he and secretary clinton are helping restore our moral leadership as well as our political and economic leadership ar
. >>> six months after taking office the obama administration has its hands full, tackling everything from the war in afghanistan to healthcare reform back here in the u.s. joining us is republican strategist michelle and democratic strategist bill alessi. let me start with you, what is he getting right? >> i think he is doing a lot of things right right now. when took office he inherited an economic situation that was probably worse than a lot of people thought it was. and i...
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and the current epa under the obama administration told us it has stepped up the laws on the e-waste of cathode ray tubes. and also makes sure that its own equipment doesn't end up in foreign countries but there is nothing it can do do stop the export of any waste that remains perfectly legal from the u.s. >> unbelievable. >> it's only going to get worse with the boom of technology. the digital changeover. >> more and more every year. hundreds of thousands of items. >> real eye-opening, ron. thank you very much. >>> well, as you mentioned at the top of the show, twitter, facebooking, the air of social networks has put the power of the press in the hands of anybody with a cell phone. tweeters beware. as one woman found out what you tweet could put new court. here's abc's eric horng. >> reporter: amanda bonnen moved out of this chicago high-rise a few weeks ago but not before griping about her landlord on twitter. who said sleeping in a moldy apartment is bad for you, she wrote? horizon reality thinks it's okay. now the not so sweet tweet could land bonnen in court. what began as a rem
and the current epa under the obama administration told us it has stepped up the laws on the e-waste of cathode ray tubes. and also makes sure that its own equipment doesn't end up in foreign countries but there is nothing it can do do stop the export of any waste that remains perfectly legal from the u.s. >> unbelievable. >> it's only going to get worse with the boom of technology. the digital changeover. >> more and more every year. hundreds of thousands of items. >>...
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obama administration is looking to create a complex that servers both a as courtroom and prison. potential sites include the military, penitentiary at fort leavenworth, kansas. also maximum security prison in michigan scheduled to be shut down. there are 229 prisoners at guantanamo detention center. >> gregg: we are learning more about the man behind the la guardia airport scare. they are saying this guy is homeless, he has history of past arrests, he is being held without bail and ordered to undergo mental evaluations. they arrested him after he pulled a fake bomb, it was fake out of his bag at a security checkpoint. incident prompted an evacuation of the terminal. it caused massive flight delays around the country. again he is facing several charges including placing a fake bomb in a transportation facility. >> julie: you mentioned he was homeless, his family lives out in california and they wanted to fly him home which is so sad he was given a plane ticket as a homeless man and he wuaktsz into an airport. he was acting crazy is the way they described him. chaos at a country mu
obama administration is looking to create a complex that servers both a as courtroom and prison. potential sites include the military, penitentiary at fort leavenworth, kansas. also maximum security prison in michigan scheduled to be shut down. there are 229 prisoners at guantanamo detention center. >> gregg: we are learning more about the man behind the la guardia airport scare. they are saying this guy is homeless, he has history of past arrests, he is being held without bail and...
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you know the health plan that the obama administration put forth is losing support and continues to lose support. what do you do? >> we have to do what politicians should be doing, come on fox tv and say what the facts are. since the '90s, american lost health insurance and our healthcare has gone up 200%. doing nothing is not an option. the plan says we have your healthcare plan, you keep it. what we are going to do is say no more co-pay for preventive care when you go in. and we're going to cap at $5,000 the amount of out-of-pocket expenses. we'll say the large insurance companies where i'm sitting in philadelphia, 42% of the population of pennsylvania sits, one company, only one has 70% of all the private healthcare plan. so we're going to have a public healthcare plan option. you don't have to join it if you don't want to. but it will be there. because you don't pay $23 million to ceo, you can get the competition in one area that has 75% private healthcare -- >> eric: but a lot of people are concerned about health rationing. there are concerns if they cut costs, you know what that me
you know the health plan that the obama administration put forth is losing support and continues to lose support. what do you do? >> we have to do what politicians should be doing, come on fox tv and say what the facts are. since the '90s, american lost health insurance and our healthcare has gone up 200%. doing nothing is not an option. the plan says we have your healthcare plan, you keep it. what we are going to do is say no more co-pay for preventive care when you go in. and we're...
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. >>> president obama anded his administration get a six month check-up. he gathered his entire cabinet at blair house for two days of meeting about goals and accomplishments. both the president and vice president joe biden met with cabinet officers on friday. biden ran the show yesterday while the president was at camp david. the white house says the meetings reviewed what the administrations had done in its first six months and set priorities for the next six months. >>> treasury secretary timothy geithner was at that meeting and says the economy is no longer on the edge of collapse. he expects it to grow by the end of this year and predicts unemployment will slow significantly by this time next year. >> the broad consensus is you're going to see positive growth in the second half of this year and expect that to continue. >> about that 2.5% level? >> not clear yet. but you need growth before you get businesses to start creating jobs again. and that's where we're going to be very focussed on doing. >> reporter: geithner's predictions weren't all rosy. he
. >>> president obama anded his administration get a six month check-up. he gathered his entire cabinet at blair house for two days of meeting about goals and accomplishments. both the president and vice president joe biden met with cabinet officers on friday. biden ran the show yesterday while the president was at camp david. the white house says the meetings reviewed what the administrations had done in its first six months and set priorities for the next six months. >>>...
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the obama administration has embraced this dialogue early because we want to see it rings true. it is an issue of great importance to me as secretary of state, and i look forward to the discussion today and tomorrow and to the follow up or we will do together. it is my honor to introduce vice premier. >> secretary of state hillary clinton, secretary of the treasury timothy geithner, dear guests. the dialogue initiated by the heads of china and united states is an important move to the relationship in a new era. i am pleased to co-chair the first round of the talks. . . reached. it promotes a comprehensive development of china-u.s. relations in the new era. since the launch of these mechanisms in february, the chinese and u.s. teams headed by special representatives of the two presidents have made tremendous efforts to implement the agreement and ensure the smooth implementation of the dialogue as scheduled. i highly appreciate your efforts. as to countries with influence in the world, china and the united states showed their important responsibilities on a host of major issues c
the obama administration has embraced this dialogue early because we want to see it rings true. it is an issue of great importance to me as secretary of state, and i look forward to the discussion today and tomorrow and to the follow up or we will do together. it is my honor to introduce vice premier. >> secretary of state hillary clinton, secretary of the treasury timothy geithner, dear guests. the dialogue initiated by the heads of china and united states is an important move to the...
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we will hear about the obama administration's plans to try some of those detainees in u.s. courts, while some would be tried in military commissions. this subcommittee is two hours, 40 minutes. >> the subcommittee will come to order. i apologize for being a little bit late. once ran a little bit late, and then we had a vote on the senate foreign relations committee -- lunch ran a little bit late in the we had a vote on the senate foreign relations committee. shortly after taking office, president obama ordered the closure of guantanamo bay detention facility within a year. i commend it president obama at the time for ordering the closure. president obama is sending a clear message to the world that we're re-establishing world law in the united states and we as a nation will abide by our own international obligations. as the chairman of the united states helsinki commission, know the concern has been raised with the united states delegation by our colleagues in europe as often and as an artist as the situation as guantanamo bay. as a member of the house of representatives in
we will hear about the obama administration's plans to try some of those detainees in u.s. courts, while some would be tried in military commissions. this subcommittee is two hours, 40 minutes. >> the subcommittee will come to order. i apologize for being a little bit late. once ran a little bit late, and then we had a vote on the senate foreign relations committee -- lunch ran a little bit late in the we had a vote on the senate foreign relations committee. shortly after taking office,...
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. >> they're not happy with the obama administration's stance on israel, but we will see if that changes as we go forth. thank you for your time this morning. >> indeed, we're-- all right. coming up, look at this teacher, she was just fired and arrested over mere rumors that she had an inappropriate relationship with a student. well, now, she's planning a lawsuit. does she have a case? >> plus, it could be the most daring rescue the coast guard has ever made. inside details. the incredible story you probably never heard coming right up. limb: dude that was sick! i've been hangin' up there for, what, like, forty years? and then - wham - here i am smacking the pretty off that windshield of yours. oh, what you're looking for an apology? well, toss another coin in the wishing well, pal. it's not happenin'. limb: hey, what's up, donnie? how you been? anncr: accidents are bad. anncr:but geico's good ding! with onsite windshield replacement. >> welcome back here to "fox & friends." check out your television right now. your shot of the morning. dozens of people may have fallen into the record bo
. >> they're not happy with the obama administration's stance on israel, but we will see if that changes as we go forth. thank you for your time this morning. >> indeed, we're-- all right. coming up, look at this teacher, she was just fired and arrested over mere rumors that she had an inappropriate relationship with a student. well, now, she's planning a lawsuit. does she have a case? >> plus, it could be the most daring rescue the coast guard has ever made. inside details....
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and have the 100 days of obama administration been days of change or days of frustration. go to cnn.com/reportcard. >>> new york's laguardia airport getting back on schedule this morning after an interesting day yesterday. >> thank goodness. >> after we saw a big bomb that forced -- >> hundreds shut down that airport. we find out how one homeless man with a backpack allegedly caused such a scare. >> reporter: hundred of passengers were hurried outside one of laguardia's terminals by a bomb scare that disrupted flights for hours. >> it's sad. it's sad that we live in a society that people are like that. >> reporter: at 5:00 a.m. parents were starting to arrive when scott mcgann approached this checkpoint. mcgann appeared intoxicated and was carrying a backpack. attached to the outside in plane view were two square batteries with wires sticking out. when asked most to move, allegedly failed to comply. he look like he was trying to push a switch but nothing happened. mcgann was arrested and the terminal was evacuated. outside new york's bomb squad used a water cannon to deton
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this makes me unhappy with the obama administration's lack of interest in democracy in the middle east but this change can only be blamed on one side of the ogle. the bush at the fenestration that started out gung-ho on the subject then varied dramatically trimmed its sales and pulled back. and the bush administration did so because it panicked after the reflections of 2005 when the muslim brotherhood scored well in egypt and how loss -- hamas won the elections and the palestinian authority. when i say panicked, i mean if you stop and look at the elections and the muslim world since then almost everyone whether it has been a contest between radicals or islamists and moderates the moderates have been winning. last week in lebanon and before that in kuwait and before that and iraq and before that and jordan and morocco and pakistan, and most likely this weekend in iran if we ever get to find out who really won. so the idea that democrats are nice but they are so weak they offered no hope and the islamists are strong, so we have to throw in with the islamists in the hope that somehow they
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and if you know, how many of the 50-plus detainees were already approved prior to the obama administration taking office on january 20? >> i know that -- senator, i know that a number had been approved for transfer under the process that existed when the administration came into office. transer from is a matter for our detainee affairs office in the department of defense as well as the state department. i'm sorry i don't have the exact numbers for you of countries willing to take detainees. i would add that in terms of transfers it's not just who's willing to take them. we also seek security assurances from the countries that are willing to accept a particular detainee so they don't simply go back to the country and continue to fight. >> an important we fully appreciate. can you give us any notion -- is it most, is it some, is it a few? that we think can be transferred both because the country will take them and the appropriate arrangements can be agreed to? i assume this is a proper question for you. >> i hesitate to speculate or make predictions so that i can be proven wrong later. i thi
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administration which are reluctant to increase government's role in defining compensation. they fear it may give regulators too much say on incentive pay. >> and if you are looking to take advantage of the national program there week, you are in luck. the house approved an emergency measure to add $2 billion to the program after a burst of demand exhausted most of the initial $1 billion in less than a week. that's business with bloomberg on the weekend report. i'm deborah kostroun. >> if you want to experience the magic at walt disney world you will need a little more cash. they are raising ticket prices today. the ticket will increase from $75 to $79. one-day admission for children from $63 to $68. multi-day ticket packages are also going up. >> don't go away. we'll look at more ns you coming up. hi, may i help you? yes, i hear progressive has lots of discounts on car insurance. can i get in on that? are you a safe driver? yes. discount! do you own a home? yes. discount! are you going to buy online? yes! discount! isn't getting discounts great? yes! there's no discount for
administration which are reluctant to increase government's role in defining compensation. they fear it may give regulators too much say on incentive pay. >> and if you are looking to take advantage of the national program there week, you are in luck. the house approved an emergency measure to add $2 billion to the program after a burst of demand exhausted most of the initial $1 billion in less than a week. that's business with bloomberg on the weekend report. i'm deborah kostroun....
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later in the peace, -- later in the piece writes that early in the states the obama administration made policy changes that ended controversial practices. it no longer operates black site or employes enhanced interrogation techniques. he writes that it is worth remembering that the cia employment presidential decisions and does not make the. -- does not make them. those conflicts fuel a climate of partisanship that intelligence officers and our country would be better off without. michael as directors to do all i can to build the kind of dialogue and trust with congress essential to our intelligence mission. we wil-- he said that that is hs goal. good morning, i'll pass a, texas. what you make of this piece? caller: well, i do not believe that you can just move on from what has been done in terms of the interrogation. and the mishandling of the iraq war. there needs to be some type of justice towards the people responsible for things done during the bush administration, and only until some are prosecuted in found guilty and we can the kind of a tone for the sins committed within the ira
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it was recently written to the obama administration saying please don't do that. when you look at the defense budget, you see missile defense capabilities potentially being reduced in funding in places like stea where alaska and north korea are more and more of a threat. and 80% of the discretionary spending cuts coming out of the department of defense. let me close by saying that to renumeric, we must apply the values that founded our party and made our nation great and guided it through all these years. as you know, i'm a republican in a traditionally democratic state. we were able to cut the size of government. we were able to contain our tax burdens and move minnesota out of the top 10 and move forward with americanizing our energy sources, reform our health care system, even with a divided government. we need that kind of renewal in washington. we need that strong republican voice in washington, d.c. so that conservative solutions can address these problems. and we are going to need it in our state capitols across this nation. i respect that those who don't a
it was recently written to the obama administration saying please don't do that. when you look at the defense budget, you see missile defense capabilities potentially being reduced in funding in places like stea where alaska and north korea are more and more of a threat. and 80% of the discretionary spending cuts coming out of the department of defense. let me close by saying that to renumeric, we must apply the values that founded our party and made our nation great and guided it through all...
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not president obama, senator-elect obama. a 2004 interview with air america's randy rhoades, where senator elect obama complains about the bush administration. >> when you rush these budgets that are a foot high, and nobody has any idea what's in them and nobody has read them -- 14 pounds it was. >> yeah, and it gets rushed through without any clear deliberations or debate, then these kinds of things happen and i think this is in some ways what happened to the patriot act. you remember there was no real debate about that. it was so quick after 9/11 that it was introduced that people felt very intimidated by the administration. glenn: i think i am in an upside room here. rushing through it? no time for debate? intimidated by the administration? wow, that sounds familiar. kind of like what we have been doing for the last six months. it's almost like he doesn't want anybody to read these bills. or was that george bush that was doing that? i can't tell anybody apart anymore. by the way, did you get your v.i.p. mortgage yet? no? o
not president obama, senator-elect obama. a 2004 interview with air america's randy rhoades, where senator elect obama complains about the bush administration. >> when you rush these budgets that are a foot high, and nobody has any idea what's in them and nobody has read them -- 14 pounds it was. >> yeah, and it gets rushed through without any clear deliberations or debate, then these kinds of things happen and i think this is in some ways what happened to the patriot act. you...
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he's got some rehabilitation work to do, as out henry louis gates, as does president obama. i think this is an example of a rare misstep on the part of the administration, at least politically. from a substantiative standpoint, yes, this is an important issue to have. the issue of law enforcement treatment of minorities is a serious one. but for the president to prolong the issue in the way that he did was, i think, a rare misstep and a lack of discipline on his part. >> well, he had some help from those of us in the news business who obviously thought this was a lot more interesting than health care. here's my two cents, did we overdo this relatively minor incident in cambridge? of course we did, we overdo everything. but i found it interesting when i heard about african-americans who said they had been pulled over by the police, the confrontations they had, what they told their kids about. but minorities look at this issue of dealing with the cops very different than white people do. and though people did demigod it, i think we stumbled our way into a revealing conversatio
he's got some rehabilitation work to do, as out henry louis gates, as does president obama. i think this is an example of a rare misstep on the part of the administration, at least politically. from a substantiative standpoint, yes, this is an important issue to have. the issue of law enforcement treatment of minorities is a serious one. but for the president to prolong the issue in the way that he did was, i think, a rare misstep and a lack of discipline on his part. >> well, he had some...
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. >> there's still this overall trust in president obama -- >> but it's eroding and you see that in the polls. >> but what you see is eroding. his job approval. not his personal approval. a series of polls coming this week, showing the president dropping an average of five or six points over the last month, in a series of major polls. and, gerry seib, let me bring you in on this because the nbc and "wall street journal" poll was one of them. the concern it shows, number one, people are more concerned about e deficit. number two, there seems to be this general sort of anxiety, this is all going too fast, too much, too fast? >> which manifests itself in the a lot of obvious and overconcern about the deficit. that's become sort of a metaphor. your point is right, job approval, 53% in our poll. approval on health care, 41%. big gap. but the personal popularity is still there. 55% positive feelings about the president in our poll. compare that to nancy pelosi, 25%. >> he's still the most popular politician on the scene, even though his numbers are coming down. >> right. clearly, the most pop
. >> there's still this overall trust in president obama -- >> but it's eroding and you see that in the polls. >> but what you see is eroding. his job approval. not his personal approval. a series of polls coming this week, showing the president dropping an average of five or six points over the last month, in a series of major polls. and, gerry seib, let me bring you in on this because the nbc and "wall street journal" poll was one of them. the concern it shows,...
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the worry for the administration is that health care is going to lose momentum while congress is out of town. then obama himself is going out of town at the end of the month, going to martha's vineyard for a week. it's a real concern for the white house to keep people concerned about this, keep pressure on lawmakers, keep it moving so when they get back maybe they'll make some progress. >> julie mason with "the washington examiner." i love your yellow sweater. you look so pretty. >> thanks alex. >>> watch "meet the press." larry summers, director of the national economic council. that is this morning on "meet the press." check your local listings for the time. >>> hundreds of chihuahuas in anaheim, california, competing in the national chihuahua races. they race down a course about 30 feet long. the winner heads to the finals on august 29th. there are regional races in dallas, chicago, philly, miami and boston. the winner gets $3050 and a lifetime supply of dog food. let me tell you something. those chihuahuas, they can eat. has the fastest serve in the history of professional tennis
the worry for the administration is that health care is going to lose momentum while congress is out of town. then obama himself is going out of town at the end of the month, going to martha's vineyard for a week. it's a real concern for the white house to keep people concerned about this, keep pressure on lawmakers, keep it moving so when they get back maybe they'll make some progress. >> julie mason with "the washington examiner." i love your yellow sweater. you look so...